Race fans will have the opportunity to experience the 2017 Daytona 500—scheduled for Sunday, February 26, in the world’s only motorsports stadium—with amenities that include 101,500 new, wider seats, thousands of club seats, 60 luxury suites, etc.

Inside the all-new TS050 chassis, the former naturally-aspired V8 engine has been replaced by a stout twin-turbo V6 powerplant, and its 6 megajoules super capacitor-based energy recovery system has been swapped for a battery-based 8 MJ unit.

Porsche's Neel Jani set the bar with a lap of 3m22.011s to pace the 60-car field during Wednesday's opening practice session. The Swiss driver was one of many to lead the four-hour outing as intermittent rain affected the outright pace for most of the session.